Shoot High Aim Low by Yes

Lyrics:
We hit the blue fields
In the blue sedan we didn't get much further
Just as the sun was rising in the mist
We were all alone we didn't need much more
So fast this expidition
So vast this heavy load
With a touch of luck and a sense of need
Seeing the guns and their faces
We look around the open shore
Waiting for something
Shoot high break low
Aim high shoot low
Break high let go
Shoot high aim low
This was to be our last ride
With the steel guitar and the love you give me
Underneath the skin a feeling, a breakdown
Well we sat for hours on the crimson sand
Exchanges in the currency of humans bought and sold
And the leaders seem to lose control
Shall we lose ourselves for a reason
Shall we burn ourselves for the answer
Have we found the place that we're looking for
Someone shouted "open the door"
Lookout
Shoot high break low
Aim high shoot low
Feeling of imagination
Break high let go
Shoot high aim low
Shoot high aim low
Nothing you can say
Shoot high let go
Takes me by surprise
Shoot high aim low
Who says's there's got to be a reason
Shoot high let go
Who says there's got to be an answer
We were all alone, we didn't need much more
Shoot high aim low
The sun's so hard on this endless highway
Shoot high let go
Shoot high aim low
I've heard the singers, who sing of love
Shoot high let go
In the blue sedan we never got much further
Shoot high aim low

[@magicalmystery1964]

One of their strongest and most underrated songs. This was one of the best they ever did. It became, in a very short time, one of my all time favorites.

[@dannygarza3272]

This one's been locked up in the vault 🤘😎

[@AlexGarcia-ze4yg]

@@dannygarza3272 If James Cameron had kept things cool with artist Roger Dean, this song could have been used as great trailer music for the Avatar sequels.

[@Faltor895]

I think this song is overrated, along with Gates of Delirium.

[@agcatdriver]

@@Faltor895we find your complete lack of musical taste and appreciation disturbing.

[@Faltor895]

@@agcatdriver If torturing myself listening to hookless songs and epics with several minutes of clattering wankery is taste and appreciation, I'll be tasteless. Much prefer Love Will Find a Way and Close To The Edge, respectively.

[@michaelflowers5712]

The song is split between 2 stories-the invasion of Nicaragua by the Sandinistas at the Blue Fields and Trevor Rabin driving down the California coast with his girlfriend and the relationship that is coming to an end, "in the blue sedan we didn't get much further'. a masterpiece in my humble opinion.

[@briancollins8167]

Thanks for the insight. Been a YES fan pretty much my whole life, 56y/o now and I've always wondered what the inspiration behind this song was

[@doug8515]

Me too, at 61y/o @@briancollins8167

[@craigschepers714]

i was there tell me some more about it!!??really?

[@michaelflowers5712]

@@briancollins8167 Did you get a chance to see them live??

[@emilygibbs8812]

@@michaelflowers5712 I always wondered what that line meant; thanks 👍. 📧🦂💚

[@crobilly19]

This song is brilliant...I know this album, wasn't recieved as 90125, and it took Yes almost 4 yrs to make it.....I love this record. And this song is a hidden gem

[@Can_Kanal]

Too bad we won't ever get any bands like this again. Yes will always be the most unique and incredible musicians for me. The thing they made were not songs, they were experiences

[@joniarcher5883]

Yes! All the songs now are well.... just songs.. and that is sometimes a generous term.... not experiences

[@rogerwent4942]

How could anyone not absolutely love this song? Its beyond fantastic!

[@kentswanson5173]

Correct

[@gennarocavainolo8488]

Love the guitar throughout this song. Trevor Rabin such an underappreciated player.

[@magicalmystery1964]

this is easily one of the most underrated Yes songs. It is incredible and one of my favorites of their entire catalog. Absolutely epic. And Trevor and Jon really compliment each other well.

[@genesis0932]

Just the fact that this song is being talked about 26+ years after creation tells you how much we need more writing like this. This song is incredible. Alan White is one of the best.

[@phosgene11]

Ditto, now 31 years

[@James_Loveless]

Don't know if you had known about this, XYZ was a project that never got off the Ground. Featuring Jimmy Page, Chris Squire and Alan White m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5yZpKB7a5p_oqs

[@jamessproles2228]

Awesome tune

[@lesblatnyak5947]

2022 and thank God that we can a place of divine in the music of Yes.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Chris and Alan. RIP. God’s Rhythm Section reunited.

[@vivelavidarocka]

This song could easily be one of the best songs from the 80's. At least is one of my favs from that not so great music era.

[@decker37]

When I go to heaven I hope the Brits are in charge of the music

[@RobinDean]

They're Canadian but ... if you stand by your statement, maybe comment on a different vid?

[@MrFreightdawg747]

They certainly are not from Canada...England formed in London 1968. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)

[@RobinDean]

Oh! Duh! Bill Bruford! My mistake ... tha' heck was I thinking?

[@brianeastman3547]

Robin Dean , I have this song on the 8 track tape

[@RobinDean]

Nice.

[@Thundergod-]

Big Generator is one of those Yes albums that grow on you, totally under rated. I had to play this 3 or 4 times before I could start to appreciate this whole album pretty much, simply awesome!!!!

[@monacofederico]

it's perfect enginnering!

[@cban95]

Thundergod129-7307 One of the best concerts I saw at Richfield Coliseum

[@scedos]

The only time I got to see them live was there... and they did a wonderful rendition of this song. Small world ;-)

[@jhibbs999]

Agreed, I also think that about 90125, that's a great car album if you're in a hurry!

[@hennyvanderpluijm6132]

Actually all Yes albums have that quality. You can listen to them again and again, your whole life.

[@agcatdriver]

The year was 1987… Summer of my sophomore year. Flying down the highway in my 1980 Trans Am, T Tops off, my girlfriend in the passenger seat in cutoffs and a tank top, and THIS SONG blasting on the stereo… DAMN, what an incredible time to be young and alive!

[@michaelfaulkner1871]

Still one of the best songs ever produced!

[@pauldasen5868]

Beautiful song.. Trevor Rabin's guitar solo takes me to another world!

[@ericwall3526]

Love his playing period. Dude jams.

[@johncoviello8570]

Best song from Big Generator by a mile IMO. Love the Anderson Rabin duet in this song.

[@craigschepers714]

really??

[@geddy1972]

this has got to be the best YES song ever written. this got me through my exams in 1990 and kept me alive.

[@FreeCorps1984]

I can dig it. It is one of the best songs ever period

[@user-kj5ow4uj1w]

This is an incredible song. A true masterpiece by Yes!!!

[@bassmaster3nj]

This song blew me away the first time I heard it, still does

[@aprilmesser3900]

It just blew me away. My first time. Loved it!

[@jimwiesen2278]

I'm on a journey through Yes' catalog and I'm stuck on this song - it's beautiful. Alan White and Chris Squire, thank you for many years of magic. May you rest in peace.

[@davegraczkowski1571]

one of the greatest yes songs ever.

[@designerlarry]

B

[@dischargesummary8794]

😇

[@craigstacey6917]

Agreed.

[@cv507]

mene minnäh theekell v v

[@FreeCorps1984]

One of the best songs ever, period

[@ralfrossner2690]

one of the best songs from Yes...make the life feels better when you hear it loud!

[@bearmassaro]

I know a lot of people had mixed feelings about this album. IMO one of their best records...

[@landontrawny5230]

Agreed.

[@FreeCorps1984]

Hindsight being being 20/20 this and the other Rabin albums are better than I ever realized back then. Just fantastic

[@juanperez-jk9vu]

I've never been drugged, but if I did it I would probably feel the way I feel listening to this song.

[@littlebuddyd]

juan perez music is a drug. This band is heroin on crack!

[@billadams484]

I love this comment.......

[@andydanko7074]

Been on drugs and understand listening to this album

[@carriefawcett9990]

This song is like a nice ride with opiates..

[@jeffs1271]

I bought this 'tape' new when it came out. Best part is when you've never heard any of the songs before and something like this hits you. I had to pick my jaw up when it was over.

[@landontrawny5230]

I bought this album on cassette when it first came out. I was in junior high, at the time and I had the same reaction as you. This song still hits as hard, now, as it did then. Awesome tune.

[@markydkiehl]

Same reaction here, I thought for sure it'd be a huge hit at the time.

[@timfletcher7572]

North of Siberia brought this on vinyl. Still can't quite take in how unbelievable brilliant this album was and still is

[@MaryStewart]

like this song too! "the more we liive" on union is awesome too!

[@johnotto3011]

I wore that spot out too

[@FreeCorps1984]

Just great. Chris Squire dropping some mad bass lines down.....RIP

[@jamessproles2228]

He lived close here in Washington State.

[@rokit430]

Always senses Chris' ego...but what a bassist. I cried when he died😢 This is always one of my First bands...and Trevors guitar is beautiful....

[@ingrid_inthesky]

Thanks Mom for sending me this amazing song! Love you! February 11th 2023💜

[@mattscherer5985]

Damn, I miss my youth!!

[@robertpreston2220]

we all do

[@8591bobby]

I heard THAT!!!! i listen to YES..and it takes me back to my youth. It's magic.

[@usnavyvet4038]

Omg this is one killer tune!!! I absolutely love YES!!! They're so beyond underrated!!!

[@MrPercussionPete]

Pure magic...

[@canadianbacon007]

"Nothing you can say takes me by surprise"

[@MrSpawnlord]

canadianbacon007 ...fuck yeah!

[@eliburroughs8788]

What is it about this lyric in the song. It struck me like a bolt of lightning and I sing it at the top of my lungs every time I hear it. Xxx

[@jennieb3177]

Who would have thought back then that someday we’d be able to type the name of this song into our phones and instantly hear it for free. We can literally listen to any song that pops into our head…which this one did, and that’s why I’m here 😄

[@carlottamatuschanskayasky2839]

Which is the death of innovative music sadly.

[@darkshad0wz69]

such an underrated gem from Yes and love the drumming parts they are just spot on and Jons voice just adds to the musical mastery of this song

[@margaretlafountain4762]

this is a great example of letting music breathe. you can pick up on the time of the silence as if it was an instrument. Transcendent!!!

[@dogtaxi812]

Yes, Pink Floyd style somewhat

[@terryfarr189]

My first "job" in the Army was door gunner. This was always one of my favorite songs for calling up that mood of anticipation, of gliding, floating above the mundane, a prelude to the Gotterdammerung we would inevitably unleash.

[@markhitchcox3438]

Terry, that's interesting. Especially given that the meaning of the song (according to Jon Anderson) is about war; specifically, a future in which mankind will live beyond war. Being in that gunner position, floating, gives you a unique perspective on the song, on war, on life.

[@superbulldog81]

I wonder if Seal Team 6 played this classic on their way to get Bin Laden?

[@madmorf1]

I'll bet that was surreal...Thanks for the memory...

[@glennbrock6560]

There's a particular strain earmarked for you, gl, lol. Reply

[@bigboyedward]

TG you made it !!!

[@RottenRooster08]

Another amazing song by the great band YES

[@ramonamaintanis7270]

I have always loved this song

[@Darrencardinal]

This song rules it is totally mesmerizing.

[@jasonwilson8517]

i miss this time

[@citizencitizen846]

Trevor Rabin !!!!!

[@flyjohnson711]

Combo of Jon, Chris and Trevor on Vox rivals Beatles IMO

[@dischargesummary8794]

citizen citizen EXACTLY ..l

[@ericwall3526]

Yeah man great.

[@FreeCorps1984]

Dude is awesome. Bless him

[@markcastellanos9678]

This Hauting delivery takes me to places unknown. The Dark Beauty is Beckoning.

[@mikecee35]

This song maybe one there best masterpieces

[@theinvisibleman2194]

mikecee35 It is.

[@robertjannush4403]

YES Deserves a Much Higher Ranking Than Even The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Could Ever (Give)Bestow To This Group !!!!!! They are on a Much Different Level Than Others in the Music Industry!!! They Are Completely Out of This World 🌎!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@billadams484]

Thank you David Boswell for introducing me to YES. May you and your brother John, rest in peace.

[@carterdesoto5947]

Another crazy good composition from a brave band that took so many risks, took musicianship seriously, and did it their way. When I saw them live in New Mexico I actually started crying when Rick Wakeman flew into his elongated, furious solo on Roundabout as Cris Squire thumped out his bass section, both jumping up and down together in time.

[@andrewlambert7464]

This is one of those songs that when you hear it for the first time it takes you to a place you’ve never been before and forever after you will always remember the emotional awe you felt each time you hear it again.

[@clifforddeiner6127]

I listened to this tune over and over in my small studio apartment in Albuquerque, New Mexico and pondered the insanity of war. Thanks to Yes for bringing focus to my thoughts.

[@Sublight77]

Im a prog nerd, and a metalhead, and though Yes are obviously amongst the masters and forefathers of this technical and deep music, I have to admit I kinda like their more "accessible" albums. There's still genius behind them, and they just hit ya in the feels. This album, and talk, etc, love em. Theyre just beautiful. These albums are like the soundtrack for gazing at the night sky and imagining all the wonder that life and the universe could hold, back when i still shone, when I was young...

[@spikeboots5133]

Christmas Day 2020. I was so in the mood to hear this song.It's been a while since I've heard this classic. Loved it since It was released. From the second album of Yes's rebirth in my opinion. Rabins's guitar work is outstanding. Both of his Solos are something else but the first one on soft string classical is awesome. Also love the duet vocals with Jon. A very dreamy trippy classic Yes song!

[@AZWorm41]

Such an awesome tune. So well put together musically. great vocals, great guitar. excellent keyboards. I listen to this regularly.

[@melissaculver8949]

I love to see all the positive comments about this legendary band...all the members included...glad they finally got inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame...it was well and severly OVERDUE!

[@pornsakpongthong1092]

I love your photograph. That look in your eyes. And you like YES. 😻

[@melissaculver8949]

@@pornsakpongthong1092 well thankyou very much..I adore YES ..I even have my kids listening to them

[@ljosca]

3 notes, 7 minutes of perfection...

[@darrenward46]

still loving this album

[@theinvisibleman2194]

Best song on the album.

[@ericwhitehead6451]

Trevor Rabin breathed some new life into Yes. They made some fantastic music in the 80's, and still remembered their Prog roots.

[@Darrencardinal]

Always loved this song it is absolutely haunting. Yes rules.

[@rokit430]

AND THE SUN'S SO HARD ON AN ENDLESS HIGHWAY!!! Love lyric to Planet Earth...Rise🌞👊

[@accessdenied1749]

Is this not the greatest song ever? Rips my heart with ultimate everything!!!

[@iemandanders2577]

with every part of this song i see parts from a lot of ww2 movies i saw and see pictures of soldiers in fear, wanting to go home, chaos all around them. in pain. and i see leaders in stress. i thank all the soldiers that have freed europe from the nazi's

[@barrywallach3850]

that's the I feel it to thought is was the

[@margaretgriffin906]

How can any person who loves rock music sit still during this phenomenal song???? I’m air drumming through the entire song😂😂😂

[@melphillips9268]

I was a wee laddie in Texas in the seventies,been listening to these guys off and on ever since.Long may Chris Squire rest in peace

[@melphillips9268]

' Someone shouted :Open the door,LOOK OUT!!!!"

[@Nunavuter1]

"I've heard the singers, who sing of love." Somehow, that line really cuts to the chase.

[@OldGeezer55]

"Shall we lose ourselves for a reason Shall we burn ourselves for the answer Have we found the place that we're looking for Someone shouted "open the door" Lookout" Just gives me chills when I hear LOOKOUT! This song...very mysterious. One of the very best crafted songs of all time

[@djm8341]

Arizona desert, night, this song, Milky Way overhead in '87. God I want a time machine...

[@vzqk50HD]

DJ M Amen brother!

[@michaelparylak5649]

Me too

[@James-zn6yx]

Beautiful, perfect, thanks.., JESUS...

[@triplettam]

Alan White finally learned to play drums. Made the album a classic

[@jasonwilson8517]

head phones god it was great1987

[@gunsmoke6230]

I was 18 graduating from high school let’s not forget the Joshua Tree U2

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Try Audio Visions by Kansas! That is great on headphones!

[@mikenogozones]

incredible song writing and interplay between Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson with the vocals

[@creativegoth]

One of my Favourite ever tracks..

[@littlebuddyd]

Best track on big generator!

[@XanAxDdu]

sorry not, though still here to listen to, i love final eyes and i'm running most much

[@anabee2080]

Shoot High Aim Low We hit the blue fields In the blue sedan we didn't get much further Just as the sun was rising in the mist We were all alone we didn't need much more So fast this expedition So vast this heavy load With a touch of luck and a sense of need Seeing the guns and their faces We look around the open shore Waiting for something Shoot high break low Aim high shoot low Break high let go Shoot high aim low This was to be our last ride With the steel guitar and the love you give me Underneath the skin a feeling, a breakdown Well we sat for hours on the crimson sand Exchanges in the currency of humans bought and sold And the leaders seem to lose control Shall we lose ourselves for a reason Shall we burn ourselves for the answer Have we found the place that we're looking for Someone shouted "open the door" Lookout Shoot high break low Aim high shoot low Feeling of imagination Break high let go Shoot high aim low Shoot high aim low Nothing you can say Shoot high let go Takes me by surprise Shoot high aim low Who says's there's got to be a reason Shoot high let go Who says there's got to be an answer We were all alone, we didn't need much more Shoot high aim low The sun's so hard on this endless highway Shoot high let go Shoot high aim low I've heard the singers, who sing of love Shoot high let go In the blue sedan we never got much further Shoot high aim low

[@gavanhillebold3131]

Ana Bee Thankyou kindly Ana Bee 🐝 ♥️

[@marekvodicka]

this song makes me feel so blissful

[@gavinpoley2314]

played this tape and 90125 so many times i wore them out.

[@WalterCampbell-ir1gr]

😢feel sorry for this generation who missed the incredible music of YES!

[@RobSlot]

Thank God for records eh??!!!

[@ronaldcarrender6136]

the music and the chorus cause a change of brain Frequency , For Sure !

[@8591bobby]

Hah...well said. I've tried to put it in words. But I think that about get's it.

[@ricardocerrillo3472]

Having seen (much more HEARD every YES) album & concert...you can bet UR last $ these chaps had their creative minds on the pulse...every step of the way.

[@whitewizzardllc2348]

My absolute number 1 song from the 80s-Perfection

[@donnawoods5874]

love this group

[@Alfablue227]

What a brilliant song, and what a brilliant band. YES, forever...

[@daveg4353]

Trevor Rabin is the “YES” game changer…… fantastic musician

[@johnbryant7283]

Wonderful emotion lyrics music

[@Footjones]

I had almost forgotten about this gem. Takes me back, way back...

[@TedStriker412]

Laying on the living room floor listening to this album in 1987 ear goggles on. Some of the best listening ever experienced. Goosebumps

[@jamochashake57]

best album of the trevor rabin era, never get tired of it!

[@lucyiliffe1799]

Hello all, I'm new to 'yes' and have come here after falling down a you tube wormhole mostly driven by my love for porcupine tree 'anesthetize' and also bass playing by Nick Beggs.... I'm loving this! Where should I go next? ❤️🎸🎧

[@geoffedmonds6507]

From a musical standpoint this collaboration was just on another plain. Big G is an Album I feel is a gem that I get to keep hidden and hoard all to myself and think how unlucky the rest of you suckers (I say that with love) are that you'll never know this kind of bliss in listening to music. Like Jeff Lynne of ELO John is a special sort of music god in that he can hear things that us mortals just can't! What a beautiful song!!!!

[@scottlivezey9479]

Whenever I’ve listened to this through the years, it somehow always made me wonder if a new snare skin is needed after every time it’s performed(?) 😊

[@joelliebler5690]

I keep an open mind. Even though I love the YES of the early progressive rock days I recognize quality and greatness even in different styles. This is an outstanding album!

[@bobproxmire3637]

Sensations all thru me right now . It isn’t just a memory but a profound sense of NOW Thank you YES

[@priyamusu9237]

Beautiful. That bit at the end... OMG

[@boskosdoghouse]

I for one feel blessed to have grown up in an era where music was music and this was gospel... We don't realize the fact that this type of music will Never be mainstream again...

[@canadianbacon007]

"And the spirit of God moved upon the waters"

[@wouterudo7285]

Jon's voice at his best

[@henkdegroot5872]

Yes is one of my favourite bands from 1970 onwards..... This piece is one of these highlights.....Great tunes!!!! Every time I play this masterpiece on this channel it gives me the shivers.

[@Moreoff]

One thing I'll say, as a lifelong yes fan, and a long life God bless, take a listen if you can to the concert at Jersey City NJ during the 70's. Some of the most amazing music ever even if Pat Moraz was on keyboards. Excellent.

[@splifforddoobois3170]

Now go listen to Lucky Man by ELP

[@billadams484]

You got that right!!!!

[@deanlaws7761]

All i can add masterpiece.

[@jhibbs999]

.....and the leaders seem to lose control.... love the inflection Jon puts on that line

[@greenwalt1954]

thanks, i am 57 seen them, and so many other great bands in my days!!!! your videos are the best!!!!!

[@jackkitchen737]

This is one of my top 5 Yes songs. Great music. Great lyrics.

[@glenndiedrich5449]

1984 Freso, CA what a mind-bending concert. Great brake from the Navy.

[@glenndiedrich5449]

1984 Fresno, CA what a mind-bending concert . Good break from the Navy.

[@brandonbaca189]

although it didn't take a few listens, i fully agree with you my friend @ thundered...this is one of my favorites ever....let's all give praise to Trevor Rabin.......amen!!!

[@paulajames3937]

Back in the 80's I watched a beautiful sunset, while listening to this beautiful song!💖💞🙏 EPIC!💞💞

[@eidell]

By far my favorite song by this great band. Great vocals, great guitar and totally mesmerizing.

[@monstermash1961666]

Definitely the most underrated Yes song...I LOVE IT!